How can i check to see if my sqlite table has data in it?

Question

EDIT, Changed the code slightly based on answers below, but still haven\'t got it working. I also added a log message to tell me if getCount was returning > 0, and i

Answer 1

The query SELECT COUNT(*) on an existing table should never return null. If there are no rows in the table, it should return one row containing the value zero.

Conversely, a row with a non-zero value indicates that it's not empty.

In both cases, one row should be returned, meaning that it will always go through the

//do nothing everything's as it should be

section.

To fix it, leave your query as-is (you don't want to do select column_name simply because that would be unnecessary and possibly a little inefficient). Leave it as select count(*), which will always return one row, and use the following code (tested only in my head so be careful):

Cursor cur = db.rawQuery("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM CAT_BUD_TAB", null);
if (cur != null) {
    cur.moveToFirst();                       // Always one row returned.
    if (cur.getInt (0) == 0) {               // Zero count means empty table.
        for (int i = 0; i < 13; i++) {
            db.execSQL (catInsertArray[i]);
        }
    }
}